When Jamie Dimon bought his first stock as a teenager, he could scarcely have imagined that, half a century later, his core investment lesson—don’t blow up—would underpin the risk culture of the world’s most powerful bank. Dimon, now the longtime CEO of JPMorgan Chase, discussed this formative lesson and its profound impact on his management style during a recent appearance on the “Acquired” podcast, taped live at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
